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Mortgage fix for 2 or 5 year?

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Bobbinsbop · 12/01/2024 14:31

our fixed rate ends soon. We are unsure if we should refix for 2 or 5 years.
2 years is £250 more a month than we pay now
5 years is £325 a month more than we pay now.

i have been looking on mse for advice but i find it a bit confusing and the price increases are stressing me out.
we can afford either but obviously the more expensive rise makes thing tighter, but i'm worried about fixing for 5 but rates dropping substantially in the meantime.
is that likely? Or are the very low rates a thing of the past and they are likely to hover around this for the next few years anyway?

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AfterTheSummer · 16/01/2024 17:57

Sanch1 · 12/01/2024 15:03

I would go variable or tracker at the minute as forecast is for rates to go down. We have just fixed for 2 years and in hindsight I wish we'd gone variable for a while to see what happens.

This, maybe fix it in a year or so. But it depends how much value you place on certainty.

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